Summer Tour 2017

Saturday, August 26th

A special opportunity. Meet friendly and modest Irenee DuPont Jr., who has owned a 1936 Olds for 81 years and a 1918 Cadillac for 77 years. See his “daily driver” cars, hear his engineering knowledge, drive around his 500-acre estate, walk through his 17 bedroom house, and hear his pipe organ play. This is a special invitation not available to the general public–but bring guests if you wish.

We’ll be starting our tour at The Markets at Shrewsbury. They open at 8 a.m., so get there anytime, see their crafts, gifts, and food vendors, and have breakfast and refreshments on your own there.

We will leave there promptly at 9:30 a.m. and take small roads and 2-lane highways all the way, stopping mid-way at the Dutch Way restaurant in Gap, Pa. for a delicious buffet lunch. We’ll have a scenic stop along the way, too, so you can stretch your legs. Our destination is the estate “Granogue” near Montchanin, scenic northernmost Delaware, about a 2-hour drive from the starting point.

Send no money: All costs are on your own. We have a special all-inclusive buffet rate of $14.5 person for lunch including meal, dessert, drinks, tax, and tip. Cut-out response sheet is in the May/June issue of The Gas Buggy Gazette. Deadline to sign-up for the tour is August 14.

Directions to tour’s start: The Markets at Shrewsbury are on the Susquehanna Trail north of Shrewsbury, south of Exit 8 of I-83. (GPS address, 12025 Susquehanna Trail South, Glen Rock, Pa. 17327.) We will be parking in front of Penn Dutch Furniture (blue roof).

If traveling from the north or south, I-83 is a main route. Take exit 8; turn onto Rt. 216 West. Go 0.7 miles to stop sign; turn left onto Susquehanna Trail South. Go 1.5 miles and turn left into the Markets.